cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10882099

Thankfully I don’t use any of their products, but this really pisses me off. They claim that this open source project “causes significant economic harm to their company”

This is ridiculous. It is truly ridiculous. How can something that enables the user to efficiently control their AC cause “significant economic harm”???

Consider forking the repository or mirroring it to another platform like GitLab, Codeberg or your self-hosted Git server, so the project can continue to exist and someone can maybe fork it and maintain it.

The effected repos are: https://github.com/Andre0512/hOn and https://github.com/Andre0512/pyhOn

If you don’t know about Home Assistant, check it out. It’s an amazing piece of open-source software, that you can run at home on your own server and use it to control your smart home devices. That way, you don’t need to connect them to the manufacturer’s (probably insecure) cloud. It gives you sovereignty over your smart home instead of some proprietary vendor-locked garbage. Check out their website and the Lemmy community: [email protected]

I also highly recommend Louis Rossmann’s video about this: https://youtu.be/RcSnd3cyti0

He makes awesome videos in general, consider subscribing.

As Rossmann said, don’t ever buy anything from such a shitty company that doesn’t respect their customers. This move by Haier is nothing other than a slap in the face for everyone, who just wants to comfortably control the product they paid for. This company is actively hostile towards their paying customers. Fuck these bastards!

      • Dehydrated@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        42·
        10 months ago

        The developer is German, in Germany it’s pretty common to have a Rechtsschutzversicherung. You pay them monthly or yearly and in exchange you can request legal advice from one of their lawyers af any time. It’s pretty neat.

        • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          10 months ago

          Wow, and it is a real lawyer? I e had employers with benefits that sound similar but I think only get things like templates for common documents like wills and contracts that you can get anywhere, or “free” co suits like you can get anywhere.

          I actually do phage a upcoming minor legal need this year, and they couldn’t even tell me , using that as an example, what would the benefit cover?

          • Dehydrated@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            15·
            10 months ago

            Yes, typically you get to talk to real lawyers. They may not be the best lawyers on the planet, but if you just need some advice, you should be perfectly fine.

        • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
          338·
          10 months ago

          Germany sounds ridiculous with how many insurances you have to waste money and time on.

          • EarMaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            10 months ago

            You don’t have to, but if you do you may have the ability to stand up against a company trying to shut down your open source project…

            • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
              17·
              10 months ago

              Or you could just hire a consultant when you need it?

              $200 once in your life vs 396 a year, is kinda a no brainer situation.

              • Varcour@lemm.eeEnglish
                3·
                10 months ago

                You do realize a consultation is just the first step, right? If he wants to fight this he’ll need quite a bit more than 200

          • Miaou@jlai.luEnglish
            33·
            10 months ago

            Not getting the downvotes, a lot of those are quite stupid. The Rechtsschutz is basically required if you drive for example, only because of game theory, not because it actually brings anything

            • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
              25·
              10 months ago

              It’s just reddit group think, sadly we didn’t leave that behind.

              I’ve got them disabled on my instance anyway so I don’t even see it. As far as I know everyone likes my posts because I only see upvotes.

      • RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        10 months ago

        It’s pretty common for freelance developers to have insurance like this - if I screw up and you get ransonwared, insurance pays for a lawyer to explain the contracts indemnity clause to you using small words

          • RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            Then don’t screw up

            If you have already screwed up, you now get to play The Game of Litigation, where their lawyers try to prove that you are liable for billions of dollars in damages, and your lawyer tries to prove that you aren’t. The way the game works is whoever spends the most on lawyers wins. You’ve got more cash to spend than your clients right?

      • tdc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        12·
        10 months ago

        Not sure if it’s really the freelance/professional thing others mentioned. Private legal expense insurance (Rechtsschutzversicherung) is fairly common in Germany, so might just be that.

      • V0uges@jlai.luEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        Most home insurers in Western Europe provide with the coverage additional legal counsel / coverage in case someone claims we are liable for anything non motor related. And house insurance itself costs just a couple hundreds a year.

      • HubertManne@kbin.social
        4·
        10 months ago

        my job has one for about ten bucks a month for employees. covers any need. estate planning, divorce, whatever.

      • charles@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        Most professions where action/inaction can result in damages will have similar insurance. Some insurance firms even specialize in coverage for professionals.

        If your profession has an association or similar group, they should be able to help you find those firms if they exist.